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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1887-11-30
New &c for com wnate,

A patent has recently been asked for
a new process by which it is proposed to
use the waste coal piles at the mouth of
every coal mine, and convert the cuIm
into a sort of gas that can be used the
same as natural gas is used. The culm
is to be broken up into pieces and run into
hopper. Out of the hopper it comes in
particles, and is fed to an air blast. This
blast is broken into different chambers,
and in circulating around each chamber
the particles of the culm rub against
each other until by the time the last
chamber is reached they are reduced to
a fine dust that floats around In the air
current. When the last chamber is
reached the ctllm passes through a 10
mesh and comes out in a dark cloud. 1t
is then fed through pipes, like gas. The
particles of coal float in the air, and COM
bine with the oxygen of the air to make
hot fire. The inventor claims that this
fuel viii make no smoke, but VIII be an
consumed before reaching the smoke
stack, owing to It's fineness The trouble
with the invention is that it can be used
only on large scsle.-New York Sun.
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curious Story Concerning Enzaine.

A curious story regarding Bazaine
comes from Madrid. The tAIan of
Metz as the French call him, one after
noon few days ago stepped into con-
fectonor's S shop III the Gale de AlcaIa.
1t was kept by Frenchman, but of this
fact Bazaine was ignorant. The place
was full of people, carriages on the way
to the Buen Retro having stopped before
the door that the occupants might in
dulge in an ice or other delicacy. Ia
zaine approached table. The crt wd
nudged each other and whispered, while
the proprietor, standing at his desk, rec
ogniSed him and turned pale, but said
nothing. The eN-marshal took a cake
from plate and began eating without
apparently noticing the comrnotion his
entrance had occasioned. The confec-
toner disappeared for moment in a
rear room. then returning with a large
hamper, threw all the cakes exposed for
sale into it, passed into the street and de-
posted the contents of the hamper into
the gutter. Returning, he said to his be
wildered patrons: sGentlemen, the shop
is closed for today. 1t will be open to-
morrow" Bazaine understood, grew
livid with anger, put down piece of
money on the cashiers desk and left.
The Frenchman took up the coin with
shovel and threw it among the cakes,
which the dogs were already fighting
over. Then turning to his customers,
who were preparing to leave, considera-
bly, impressed by this display of Gallo
Patriotism he rernarizeI= s-Ikadies and
gentlemen, knew you would not have
cared to handle cakes that Bazaine had
touched. And he ordered his clerks to
put up the shutters.-The ArgonaIIt.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1887-11-30
ohildren Of the london Poor.

1t is almost impossible for country peo-
pie to recognize the dense ignorance as to
all matters agricultural and rural from
Which the children of the London poor
suffer. Tho parson of London parish
asked one of the children who had been
boarded out under the new poor law reg
ulations how he enjoyed the change of
alr and scenery. ''Piease, SIR said the
urchin, Il don't like it at all; instead of
giving me milk out of a nice clean tin
they squeezes it out of nasty cow
seed 'em doing itt''-Boston Transcript.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1887-11-30
A CARD

VNOW We. that by the payment
n S55O.O0 am permitted to sell intox-
icating liquors at my house. To the
wife who has drunkard for husband,
or a friend who is unfortunately dissi-
Pated, say emphatically, give me notice
In such cases in which Won are interest
ed, and all such persons shall be excIu
ded from my place. Let mothers. faith
ers, sisters and brothers do likewise.
and the request shall he regarded l
pay heavy tax for the privilege OF sell
ing whisky and other liquors, and want
it distinctly understood that l have no
desire to sell to minors. or drunkards.
or to the poor and destitute. l much
prefer that they save their money and
put 1t where it will do the most good
There are gentlemen of honor and men
of money, who can afford it, and it is
with those 1 desire to trade. would
say to those who wish to trade with me,
and can afford, come, and will treat
you gentlemanly and courteously.
Respectfully,
June 29-ly@ JOS. HEN.
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Work of one Nlhi1tsts.

The Nthilists, according the police au.
thorities in st. Petersburg, have resumed
active work, collecting money ostensibly
for charitable objects and spreading pam
plllets broadcast. They are said to have
discovered an ingenious method of dis
tributing the pamphlets by introducing
them into the cigarette boxes which are
sold throughout the country. Eighteen
persons were recently convicted of being
connected with secret political society,
and sentenced to exile in Siberia. Frank
TGaslio;S =
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&c pldn,t Adrerti.e.

A Householder who was Awakened AZ
Midnight to find Burglar IN his roonl
Cried out In Anger: ..- :. -
Why ON Earth do ron come here to
Disturb me2 1 have nothing Of VaIueI''
Are you not Merchant 2, aueried
the Burglar.
10 be sure; but Ihave never A6iyer-
Gsed my Business .
Etoh-ah-I eeel' observed the Bur-
glar, as he Climbed out of the Window
with a s-eot Leet'' Eszpression of Coun-
tenance. - )
MoraENo Burglar of Sense win Dis
turb Non-Adyertiser.-D Detroit Free
Pre-
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HILLS

V0ETeanaI Iixs al home. and make more money a
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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1887-11-30
"a SARD-

To all who are suffering from the errors and
indiscretions of youth, nervous weakness. carly
decay, loss Of manhood. &c. will send recipe
that will cure YOU, FREE OF CHARGE. This great
remedy was discovered by missionary In south
America. Send a self-addrcssed envelUp 20 to tho
REV. JOSEPH t. 1satAS. Station D. Ness York cIty.
oct. 13-1y.
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-
81 had been about given up to
die with dyspepsia when 1 first saw
the advertisement of Shaker Extract
OF Roots OF Seigei's Syrup. After
using four bottles I was able to at
tend to my business as well as ever.
I know of several cases of cllills and
fever that have been cured by it. "
So writes Mr.. Thos. Pullum, of Tay-
lor, Geneva Co, Ala.
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GIVEN UP BY SEWN DOCTORS,
Shaker Extract of Roots or Sci
gels Syrup has raised me to good
health after scycn doctors had giyel.
me up to die with consumption.-
So writes r. F. Grace, Kirkman-
vile, Todd Co. Ky.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1887-09-23
a Monitor Reporter Or l,is Rounds.

A MONITOR reporter sauntered uttoth
railroad station one afternoon this week,
and at the freight house found one of our
produce shippers stenciling 4 lot of bar
rels filled with sweet potatoes. what
are you paying for sweets, now?' asked
the reporter. 1.-TWO dollars a barrel. "
E'And how much for rounds?" Gone dol
lar and a quarter a barrel, or fifty-five
cents a bushel." A short distance up the
railroad Fogg & hickman, with compass
and chain, were making a survey of a
tract of land which will soon be sold in
small lots for building purposes. That
ridge of land just beyond those surveyors,
bordering on Broad street, would make a
desirable location for a business establish
ment," remarked the reporter to the men
at work at the barrels. "1es it would,
replied the shipper, zane the owners of
that very piece Of ground say they will
give 1t to a manufacturing capitalist who
will come and build upon it," More bus
mess enterprises here requiring the en-
ployment Of home or foreign labor, would
give a stimulus to store trade that would
surprise our merchants. y few days ago
a clerk in one of the principal grocery and
provision stores told the writer that since
the can houses had opened their store
trade had doubled; and SO we have a prac-
teal illustration of how perennial employ
ment to a large number of men and
women would benefit the merchant, butch
err, baker and other business men of
Woodstown. 81 want a few rolls of four
cent bread, " said a customer at Mounts
bakery. eve have only fresh bread, y re-
piled the clerk. ''Since the canning fac
tories started we sell all our bread fresh
and can keep none over" If the reporters
Imagination is not running wild, it strikes
him very iorcibly that if the business men
would join hands, purchase and condition
ally convey to capitalists suitable building
sites, it would be a safe and profitable in
vestment. In this connection the scribe
begs leave to offer a suggestion in the lire
of public improvements. The action of
frost and rains viii, in few months, con
vert the hard graveled sidewalk on East
avenue into a mortar bed from Main street
to the railroad station. To lay a brick
pavement would cost more than the prop
erty owners on the thorongbfarc would
care to help pay. Then how about a board
walk? Anything TO avoid the mud when
mud has possession Of the side walk.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1887-09-23

work, Mrs. Robt. Porch; Press work, En-
lily r. Kirby.
There was quite an interest taken in the
Republican nominating election on last
Saturday, more votes being cast than at
any previous election of this kind.
John J. Dubois and wife, Of Swedesboro,
spent last Sunday among friends and rela-
tiYes here. Mr.. D. was present and talked
to the Sunday school in the afternoon.
The literary contest of the Good Tenn
plars is now fairly established. Each side
has had 4 trial, Lille Bortou's taking the
lead. The Good Templars will celebrate
their eighteenth anniversary on Saturday
evening, October 1st. There will be an
entertainment in the Town Hall, the pro-
gramme to consist of history, Rotations,
reading, stump speeches, dialogues, tab
LEAK, to be interspersed by singing, violin,
cornet and other music. The pro
gramme, we think, will be interesting and
instructive. Admission will be free. All
the friends are invited to be present.
Clinton Ladow now rides a new Expert
Columbia bicycle, which he recently pur-
chased.
Miss Emily Harris, of Freehold, n. j.,
will teach the school at Lincoln the COM
ing spring. CoGITo.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1887-09-23
Isum Nearly AGre.

On Thursday night last between 10 and
II O'Clock a fire broke out in the loft of the
barn of George b. Fox, at Evans Mill.
Mr.. Fox's son and others were soon upon
the ground, and while trying to open the
warehouse-which contained some nine
barrels of apple jack about a year old
found the door had been nailed in several
places. The door was finally opened and
the whisky rolled out to a place of safety.
The fire had gained such Roadway as to
soon envelop the hay and building and adj
Joining warehouse. Mr.. Fox's loss was
one set of new cart harness, set of one
horse heavy do. and collar, grindstone
with new frame, feed bin, three tons of
good hay, one ton of meadow hay, ton OF
straw, refrigerator, copper measures, one
gross of empty bottles, several empty kegs
and barrels. Insurance in Cumberland on
the barn 500, on warehouse $50, on re-
frigcrator SO. Mr.. Fox places his loss
outside of buildings at 5000, upon which
there was no insurance. -Consttatt0n.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1887-09-23
Just over The County Line.

Perch fishing in the creek at Swedes-
boro is said to be good.
The President on Monday appointed Ed
gar f. Dell postmaster at Woodbury., vice
G. p. Abbott, resigned.
Thomas Tice, of Deerfield, last Friday
lost a valuable three year old colt witt, the
disease that proves so fatal to horses.
DR.. Musgrave, of Swedesboro, is west
on a trip. His practice is being attended
to by DR.. W. II. Pounds, of Philadelphia.
The Swedesboro Cornet Band hold an
oyster festival tonight and tomorrow
night. The proceeds will be used to pur-
chase instruments.
On Monday and Tuesday the trial of
Harry Iredell and his wife, on the charge
Of keeping a disorderly house at Newfield,
attracted great attention in the Wood
bury Court. Their place is known as the
"Wide-Awake," liquor being furnished
under a Government license. The ladies'
of the Woman's Christian Temperance
Union began the prosecution, secured the
indictment of the parties, and late Tues
day afternoon the jury returned a verdict
of guilty. This is regarded as a great VIC
tory for the ladies and the cause of tenn
pcrance.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1887-09-23
HI~arrisonyIIIe Soies.

Mrs. Frank Paneoast, who has been Sc
riously i'll for some time PAST. is still con-
fined to her room.
Fred Gerlack has recently made an inn
provement, in the form Of a sweet potato
house. ON one Of his farms.
Oliver Grimshaw enters the llahnemann
Medical College, Philadelphia, where he
will take a three years course in the study
of medicine.
4. w. Madara now carries on the barber
and tobacco business in his residence on
Main street, having removed from the
store in the Odd Fellows building.
The W. c. T. L. held their annual
meeting last Wednesday when the follow
ing officers were.elected: Pres, Emily r..
Kirby; Vice Pres. Mrs. Mary Dubois;
Sec, Sallic w. Butterworth; Treas, Mrs.
Abbie Swigert. The following snperinten-
dents Of departments were also appointed;
Loyal Temperance Legion and Sunday
school work, Mrs. Smith; Literature, Mrs.
S. II. Dye; Bible reading and Eyangelistic
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1887-09-23
PHILAnEEPHIA MARKETS.
CORRECTED EVERY THURSDAY BY w.. C. CARR
~ SOUTH FEoNT ST. P~HILApELPHIA

CORRECTED EVERY THURSDAY BY W C. GARRISON
327 SOUTH FaoNT ST, PHILADELPHIA
BUTTER N STOCK
Butter, prime PRINT 2ie To &C per ID; fair, i5C
to 1nc per lb: roll, l4c 10 Ice per ib; common
Sc to Toe per M. Eggs, 2lc u 29c per doz,
lb: lambs, &c to &c per Id.
FEATHERS n WOOL
Feathers-Geese soc to 55c per ID; duck
25c to SOC per ID; turkey &c to &c per ID:
chicken, &c In &c per lib.
Wool-washed, 33c To 3Sc per Id; unwashedi
&c TO Is per H.
OYsTEEs;-
Prime, 5000 to 500 per Dbl; calls, $500 &c
500 per bbl; CLAIMS, $500 to 800 per 1000.
squads, zoe to 4Oc per pair; pigeons, BIC to 800
per pair; snappers, DC to Toe per ib; black
birds. C to-c per doz; wood cock, Goo Il
&c per pair; reed birds, 7@c to Si00 per doz-
FRESH FISH
rock, loo 10 Isc per ID; perch, sc TO lOc per Ib
catfish, SC 10 I0c per III; trout.-c to C peril
sea bass. &c to sc per lb; cells, " to &c per lib
DRESSED POULTRY:
Spring chickens, I6c to i7c per ID; fowls
re to lie III; spring ducks, lfc to Ice per lb.
FRUIT AND NE~GErA BLEs:-
Apples, choice, 500 to $50 per Dbl.
fair, Sl.25 to SI.50 per Dbl.
sweet potatoes, prime, SEQ 10 so per Dbl.
+" small, roc to Sl.G0 per bhl.
Potatoes. prime, 75c to soc per bus.
culis, 2lc to 2ac per bus.
Onions. -. - to 500 per Dbl.
Cabbage. $50 to $500 per Dbl.
Pears. prime. s. 80 to 81. go per Dbl.
cooking, 81 to 500 per Dbl.
Plums. green age S2-50to s5.0 per bus.
4" blue gage, $3.50 to $500 per bus.
Corn, zoe to SOC per basket.
Gucumhers, soc to 4Oc per basket.
Lima beans. Toe to poe per basket,
Tomatoes, 30c to SOC per basket.
Peaches, extra, 800 to $l.D per basket.
fair, 75c To - per basket.
common soc to 75c per basket.
Grapes, sc to &c per lb.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1887-09-23
High Noon.

No trouble to tell when dinner time
comes in this old-fashioned community,
even if a h~ollowness in the bread-basket
don't give warning. The pantaloon fac
tory whistle, sharp and shrill, sets a bevy
of pretty girls hocking out the doors, and
before you know what's up the Salem
street canning factory puts in a tenor or
baritone or something. while the school
house bell gets in it's work in great style,
Stretch's sash factory lets itself go for
moneys worth and last, but not least, the
heavens are rent by the double-back-ac-
ton fog horn on top of Z. Wallace & Bro S
canning house, which emits the most
diabolical sound of any steam whistle we
ever heard. Sometimes when Abbott's ice
cream factory has steam up the shrill little
whistle joins in the hullabaloo and man.
ages to get there on time. Sometimes one
whistle leads off, sometimes another, and
the tlocks of operatives and Others on their
way to dinner and the merry school child
rem trooping home with play and laughter,
make an animated scene ON the streets at
thigh noon.' There is employment
enough and pay enough just now in our
borough to keep the pot boiling and set a
good dinner for every man who is disposed
to earn it.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1887-09-23
Political NNfeA.

The Prohibition County Convention
meets at WOodstown next Tuesday after
noon.
The Gloucester county Democratic Con-
vention will be held in Woodbury. on
Saturday afternoon, Oct. list.
The Republican primaries for election OF
delegates to the County Convention. will
be held Wednesday evening of next week.
Tho Convention meets at Woodstown OF
Thursday, October 9TH. Candidates are
said to be thicker than huckleberries in a
swamp.
The convention Of the Gloucester county
Prohibitionists was held at Woodbury. on
Monday and the following nominations
made: For State Senator, Rev. w. N.
Ogborn, of Bridgeport; Assembly, d. w.
Garrigues, of Woodbury.; County Clerk, w.
II. D. Geiger, of Mullica Hill; Sheriff,
Warner Underwood, of Woodbury.; Coro-
ner, James T. Budd, Of West Deptford.
An executive committee of two from each
township was also appointed.
The Gloucester county Republican prim-
airy elections were held Saturday night
under the Crawford county system. The
election was warmly contested, tho chief
interest centering in the fight between DR..
Joseph b. Roe and NJ. NJ. Chew for Sena-
ter. The following ticket was elected: for
Senator, ex-Assemblyman Joseph B. Roe,
of Deptford township; for County Clerk,
II. c.. L~oudenslager, of Greenwich; for
Sheriff, Frank B. Ridgway, of Harrison
township. The Central Committee met on
Tuesday and declared the nominees, as
published above. It was decided to hold
a new election on October 1st to nominate
an Assemblyman. The choice will be
between James West, of Logan township,
and James Mailman, of Franklin town
ship.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1887-09-23
Discussing n Horse Sickness.

The New Jersey Veterinary Medical As
ISOLATION held a meeting on Wednesday, at
No. As Burnet street, Newark, the resi-
dence of DR.. Hawk, who is President of
the society. The new disease that has
lately broken out among horses was large
ly discussed. Dir. Sellers gave it as his
opinion that it originated at New Gretna,
and that it was not contagious. After
holding a post-mortem examination on
several horses that had died Of the disease,
he was confident that it was nothing more
nor less than cerebro spinal-meningitis.
DIR. Hawk was emphatic in saying that he
believed cerebro spinal-meningitis to be
contagious, and he related experiences
that backed up his theory. Others took
the same view of it that he did.
At the annual meeting Of the United
States Veterinary Medical Association,
held in New York on Tuesday, the so
called cercbro-spinal meningitis in the
stables of several cities in our State was
discussed. DR.. Mclean, of Brooklyn,
held that the disease is contagious, but
DR.. Huidckoper said that he had proved
the contrary by actual experiment. He
took several horses affected with it from
New Jersey and sandwiched them among
his W horses in Philadelphia. The
diseased horses died, but his own horses
were not affected. He thinks that in the
cases he examined the disease was due to
miasmatic causes. He believes that it is
wrongly NJ AIMED cerebro-spinal meningitis.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1887-09-23

ENA5TNN1-
Jos. ]. Summerill, Esq, of Pennsgrove,
has returned from his Maryland trip.
John Roberts, Esq, a prominent lawyer
of Philadelphia, spent Sunday in Woods
town, the guest of Chalkley Coles.
Z. F. Lewis, teacher, who has been
spending his summer vacation in this
place, has gone to take charge Of a school
in Hackensack.
Oscar, son Of Charles Reeves, of our
town, has taken a position in Fox Bros.
mill, at Daretown, where he will learn the
milling business.
William Perry, of Quinton, has been APP
pointed deputy, and o. P. Darlington, of
Salem, inspector for the district by Grand
Chief Parks, Of the Golden Eagle.
Rev. Mayhem Davis, who has been re-
operating at Pennsgrove the past six
P~ennsgrove, have re-entered Pennington
Seminary.
Hon. Joseph d. Whitaker, of Penns-
grove, was in town attending the Sunday
school convention on Tuesday, and paid
our borough another visit on Wednesday.
Mr.. Whitaker's many friends are always
glad to see him.
Frank Mead, who has been on a visit
here for some time, started for his home
in Kansas yesterday morning. He in
tends closing up his Kansas business and
removing to Florida, where his father, DR..
Daniel Mead, now resides.
Rev. G.. B. Ogden, of Roadstown, has
presented Thomas Shrouds, ST., with a
handsome crayon picture of himself,
copied from a photograph while attending
the Historical Society, at Salem, and re-
produced on a larger scale and placed in a
handsome frame.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1887-09-23
Mrs. Hammer In Salem County.

Mrs. A. NJ, Hammer, of Newark,
National Superintendent of Juvenile Work
Of the w. G. +. t., will spend a week in
Salem county addressing q series of meet
ings under the auspices of the different
Unions, beginning at Pennsgrove, or We'd
nesday next, the 28th, and then at the fol-
lowing places in the order named: Elmer,
goth; Pedricktown, Both; IIancock's
Bridge, October 1st; Salem and Quinton,
I'd: Alloway, Sd. On Sunday afternoon,
October ID, she will address the Gospel
Temperance Meeting in Reform Assoeia-
ton Hall. Salem, and speak in the Quinton
NJ. e. Church in the evening. Mrs. Ham
mer is IN earnest and gifted speaker, and
should be greeted by large audiences wher-
ever she speaks.